THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING DESCRIBING PICTURE TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILL IN DESCRIPTIVE TEXT (An Experimental Research at the Eighth Grade Students of SMP H. Isriati Semarang in the Academic Year of 2010/2011) A Final Project Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree of Bachelor of Islamic Education In English Language Education By: INTA AULIA ASFA 063411061 FACULTY OF TARBIYAH WALISONGO STATE INSTITUTE FOR ISLAMIC STUDIES 2010
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THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING DESCRIBING PICTURE TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILL IN
DESCRIPTIVE TEXT (An Experimental Research at the Eighth Grade Students of SMP H. Isriati
Semarang in the Academic Year of 2010/2011)
A Final Project
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree of Bachelor of Islamic Education
In English Language Education
By:
INTA AULIA ASFA 063411061
FACULTY OF TARBIYAH
WALISONGO STATE INSTITUTE FOR ISLAMIC STUDIES 2010
KEMENTERIAN AGAMA INSTITUT AGAMA ISLAM NEGERI WALISONGO SEMARANG
FAKULTAS TARBIYAH Jl. Prof. Dr. Hamka Kampus II Ngaliyan Telp.7601295 Fax. 7615987 Semarang
ADVISOR APPROVAL
Dear Sir,
Dean of Faculty of Tarbiyah
State Institute for Islamic Studies
(IAIN Walisongo Semarang)
Assalamu’alaikum Wr. Wb.
After correcting it to whatever extent necessary, we state that the final project
belongs to student as below:
Name : Inta Aulia Asfa Reg. Number : 063411061 Department : English Title : The Effectiveness of Using Describing Picture to Improve
Students’ Speaking Skill in descriptive Text (An Experimental Research at the Eighth Grade Students of SMP H. Isriati Semarang in the Academic Year of 2010/2011)
Is ready to be submitted to join last examination.
Wassalamu’alaikum Wr. Wb.
Semarang, December 8th 2010
Advisor I Advisor II Dra. Hj. Siti Mariam, M.Pd. Ahwan Fanani, M.Ag. NIP. 196507271992032002 NIP. 19780930 200312 1001
KEMENTERIAN AGAMA INSTITUT AGAMA ISLAM NEGERI WALISONGO SEMARANG
FAKULTAS TARBIYAH Jl. Prof. Dr. Hamka Kampus II Ngaliyan Telp.7601295 Fax. 7615987 Semarang
RATIFICATION Name : Inta Aulia Asfa Students number : 63411061 Title : The Effectiveness of Using Describing Picture to Improve
Students’ Speaking Skill in descriptive Text (An Experimental Research at the Eighth Grade Students of SMP H. Isriati Semarang in the Academic Year of 2010/2011)
Had been ratified by the team of final project examiner of Education Faculty of Walisongo State Institute for Islamic Studies Semarang on: Day : Tuesday Date : December, 14th 2010
The Team of Examiner
Chairman, Secretary,
Dr. Muslih, M.A. Ismail, M.Ag. NIP. 150276926000001000 NIP. 197110211997031002 First Examiner, Second Examiner, Dr. Ruswan, M.A. Drs. Ikhrom, M.Ag. NIP. 196804241993031004 NIP. 196503291994031002 Advisor I Advisor II Dra. Hj. Siti Mariam, M.Pd. Ahwan Fanani, M.Ag. NIP. 196507271992032002 NIP. 19780930 200312 1001
A THESIS STATEMENT
I certify that this thesis is definitely my own work. I am completely responsible
for the content of this thesis. Other writer’s opinions or findings included in the
thesis are quoted or cited in accordance with ethical standards.
Semarang, 6 Desember 2010
The Writer,
Inta Aulia Asfa
NIM. 063411061
MOTTO
رمفتاح النجح الصبـ
“Be PATIENT is key of SUCCESS”1
نسان في حفظ اللسان سلامة الإ “The SAFETY of human is who could guard their SPEECH”2
إن مع العسر يسرا
“Verily, a long with every HARDSHIP is RELIEF”3
1 Aidh Bin Abdullah Al-Qarni, Jadilah Wanita Yang Paling Bahagia Wahai Kaum
Wanita Jangan Bersedih,(Bandung: Irsyad Baitus Salam, 2005), p. 34. 2 Ibid., p. 56. 3Muhammad Muhsin Khan, Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din Al-Hilali, Interpretation of the
Meanings of the Noble Qur’an in the English Language, (Riyadh Saudi Arabia: Darussalam Publishers and Distributors, 1999), p.807.
DEDICATION
This thesis is dedicated to:
Beloved mother, Ibu Yatmiati and beloved father Bapak Ali Sugiarto,
You are the best supporter for the researcher.
All the researcher’s big family, elder brothers, sisters and nephew,
Mas M. Faisa Riza, S.E and his wife Mbak Eny Puji Rianti, S.Pd,
Mas M. Yauma Izza, S.E and my beloved nephew Enriz Nayla Shufa
. Thank you so much for your pray during the researcher’s study.
Riyanta Hidayat, S.Pd.T Thanks for helping, without your support,
your generous participation and our dreams, this thesis would not have
been completed.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
حيم حمن الر الر بسم
All the praises belongs to the king of life Allah SWT, the most merciful and
the most graceful until this thesis can be completely finished. The effectiveness of
using describing picture to improve students’ speaking skill in descriptive text
(An experimental research at the eighth grade students of SMP H. Isriati
Semarang 2010/2011 Academic Year) is a thesis for readers who want to know
the effectiveness of using describing picture to improve students’ speaking skill in
descriptive text. Describing picture is one of technique/method that can be used in
teaching learning process especially in the teaching of speaking in descriptive
text. It can help students to build their confidence and give them idea to what they
should say when they must describe something. For teachers, the use of describing
picture can help the students more easy to describe something using English.
The researcher realizes that she can not complete this thesis without support,
cooperation, help and encouragement from a lot of people. Therefore, the
researcher would like to extend her appreciation to all of them, especially to:
1. Dr. Suja’i, M. Ag., the Dean of Tarbiyah Faculty of State Institute.
2. Siti Tarwiyah, M.Hum, as the Head of English Department.
3. Dra.Siti Mariam, M.Pd., as the first thesis supervisor and Ahwan Fanani,
M.Ag., as the second thesis supervisor, who both had the responsibility of
giving great motivation, help, and suggestions to improve this thesis. There
is no word that the researcher can say except, “Thank you very much for
good guide and good consulter for me as good as my parent. You are the
nice lecturer.”
4. Lectures in English Department of Tarbiyah Faculty for valuable
knowledge, and guidance during the years of my study.
5. Teachers and students of SMP H. Isriati Semarang. Thanks for helping and
good participation.
6. Fatchur Rochman (Student of TF ’06). Thanks for helping, and generous
participation.
7. Bapak Miftah and his family (Ibu miftah, mb. Lia, dek mila, dek bella and
dek iza) thanks for your helping and pray for me.
8. The researcher’s friends in the kost: Mb ifa, Evy, Mb Mila, Mb Nila, Fani,
Lia, Mb Ova, Mb Nana, Iyut, Betty, Ayuk, and Yully. Thanks for helping,
support and sweetest memory.
9. All the researcher’s friends in TBI C ’06: Curien, Asfy, Arisa, Farid
and villager of Bedono Village. Thanks for togetherness and sweet
memory.
15. Last but not least, those who cannot be mentioned one by one, who have
supported the writer to finish this thesis.
Finally, the researcher realizes that this thesis is far from being perfect;
therefore, the researcher will happily accept constructive criticism in order to
make it better. The researcher hopes that this thesis would be helpful and
beneficial to everyone. Amen
Semarang, 6 Desember 2010
The writer,
Inta Aulia Asfa 063411061
ABSTRACT
INTA AULIA ASFA (Student Number: 63411061). The Effectiveness of Using Describing Picture to Improve Students’ Speaking Skill in Descriptive Text (An Experimental Research at the Eighth Grade Students of SMP H. Isriati Semarang in 2010/2011 Academic Year). Thesis, Semarang: Bachelor Program of English Language Education of Walisongo State Institute for Islamic Studies (IAIN Walisongo), 2010. Keywords: Effectiveness, Describing Picture, Speaking, Descriptive Text, and
Experimental Study.
Background of this study is an effort to know which technique is suitable to use in teaching speaking. Teaching a foreign language is considered to be one of the most challenging teaching practices. In Indonesia, students are usually afraid of joining foreign language classes. They may feel unmotivated, discouraged easily. Their mindsets say foreign language is difficult to learn because most of them know nothing from the start. Usually, students know nothing how to express what they want to say. Students who have learned English for several years have not been can communicate used English. So the researcher thought that there should be a solution to cope with that problem. The researcher tried to use describing picture as a method to improve students’ speaking skill especially in descriptive text.
This study is about the use of describing picture as technique/method to
improve student’s speaking skill in descriptive text of the eighth grade students of SMP H. Isriati Semarang in the 2010/2011 academic year. The statement of the problem in this study is; how effective is describing picture to improve students’ speaking skill in descriptive text at the eighth grade students of SMP H. Isriati Semarang? The objective of the study was to know the effectiveness of using describing picture to improve students speaking skill in descriptive text at the eighth grade students of SMP H. Isriati Semarang in the academic year 2010/2011.
The population of the research was the eighth grade students of SMP H.
Isriati Semarang. The research methodology was an experimental research, which conducted in two classes; the experimental group (VIII A) and control group (VIII C) as sample. The VIII A was taught by using describing picture, while the VIII C was taught without describing picture (Direct Method). The writer gave speaking test to gather the data. The test had been tried out to find out the validity, reliability, difficulty level, and discriminating power before it was used to gather the data. The formula that was used to analyze the data was t-test. It was used to determine whether or not there was a significance difference between students’ score in experimental group and students’ score in control group.
After the data had been collected by using test, it was found that t-test was (4.348), whereas the t-table was (2.01) for a = 5%. The t-test score was higher than the t-table (4.348 > 2.01). It was meant that Ha (alternative hypotheses) was accepted while Ho (null hypotheses) was rejected. Since t-test score was higher than the t-table, describing picture was effective technique/method in improving students’ speaking skill in descriptive text at the eighth grade students of SMP H. Isriati Semarang.
TABLE OF CONTENT Page
PAGE OF TITLE ................................................................................................ i
ADVISOR APPROVAL ..................................................................................... ii
RATIFICATION ................................................................................................ iii
THESIS STATEMENT ..................................................................................... iv
MOTTO .............................................................................................................. v
DEDICATION ................................................................................................... vi
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT .................................................................................. vii
ABSTRACT ........................................................................................................ x
TABLE OF CONTENT ...................................................................................... xii
LIST OF TABLES .............................................................................................. xvi
LIST OF APPENDIXES ..................................................................................... xvii